Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 44th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2020 Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Date & Time: Oct 25, 02:00 PM LOCAL
RCB 145/6 (20)
CSK 150/2 (18.4)
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wkts
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Ruturaj Gaikwad

It's a very, very small shot, but still, for the sake of mathematics, Chennai remain alive. Their season though has come down to two words of their own making - intent and spark. From times when their batsmen have resorted to defences with an asking rate of over 15, to times when the same lineup has been persisted with, failure after failure, they've been most un-CSK today. And this un-CSKness has produced both spark and intent. Anyway, this was me, Vineet Anantharaman, scribbling it out on behalf of Sriram AS, Nikhil Jadhav, Ramakrishnan MS, Kumar Abhisekh Das and our scorer, Siva. Until the next tab on your screen where Mumbai and Rajasthan await, and hopefully a more even contest, ta ta!!

Ruturaj Gaikwad | Player of the Match: It feels good, and to win the game for the team and stay not-out till the end more importantly feels better than the personal milestone. It was tough for me, quarantining for a lot more days compared to the other guys. Everyone was with me - my friends, family. I was practicing well and I knew one good knock was just around the corner. Unfortunately just got out in three matches, but the management supported me including Mahi bhai. The wicket was slow. I was proactive out there, calculating which bowler to target and whom to not, and it worked out well for me.

MS Dhoni | Winning skipper: This was one of the perfect games. Everything went to plan. The execution was there and we were able to pick wickets regularly to restrict them to a total that's slightly below par on a wicket like this. A lot depends on how the players are performing and how the wicket is. This was definitely on the slower side and the spinners have done a very good job. In the middle overs we have struggled to take wickets. In the games we have gone for runs, it was big in the death overs. That could be one of the reasons why we didn't do well this season. We haven't been consistent with the bat, today the start was very good. Rutu (Gaikwad) played really well, backed himself to play the shots that he would play than worry about big shots. Smiling does make a difference. You do quite a few things, show a bit more emotion (on the happier side) so that the guys feel a bit more confident and relaxed. If you don't do well, it does hurt and so you amplify a few emotions so that the guys don't leave the games. We dont really have a chance to make it to the play-offs, leave the mathematical part of it. But three, three and a half hours out there can get really painful. You have to tell them - let's go out there and give it your best shot and enjoy the game whatever the result might be. If you aren't out there enjoying, it becomes very painful. But the boys have always given their 100%. If we had seen this (on Ruturaj performing well) in the second or the third game we could have got a glimpse. But this year has been tough on Rutu as well. He batted in Chennai, then Covid, the extra quarantine took precious time away from him. Even in the last game you saw, it happens in cricket, you face the best bowlers and you nick one. You have to help yourself, and when you are out there you have to fight it out with your mind. I felt he did really well after the first single he took and the first hit; he kept getting more and more comfortable with himself.

Sam Curran: We were trying to get a win. The pitch was quite similar to the Chennai pitch. The boys felt at home, spinners bowled well and what a knock it was from Ruturaj (Gaikwad). It was one of those wickets which didn't have much pace in it. So tried to bowl the off-cutters as the ball was gripping really nicely, it was just about adjusting to the conditions and and luckily it came off. I've been looking to work on the back-of-the-hand slower ball, something my brother (Tom Curran) bowls well. To be honest we all have been impressed with him (Gaikwad). He'll get that confidence for the next few games. It's good for his confidence to get such a score against a top team like RCB.

Virat Kohli | Losing skipper: What you saw in the second innings wasn't a true representation of how the pitch was. They bowled stump to stump. I don't think we got a ball to drive when we batted. Their spinners kept it tight too. 140+ is a competitive total on that pitch, we were targetting 150. I thought we still could have bowled change of pace and the odd bouncer. We weren't expressive enough. We let batsmen dictate stuff. You have to be prepared on a given day to do well. All sides have good players, it's about how you come out onto the park on that particular day. We are playing really good cricket and you have to accept you will lose games here and there.

17:15 Local Time, 13:15 GMT, 18:45 IST: Just CSK things -- choke up the middle overs with spin, cause a flutter in the opposition at the death, start off big in the powerplay, and then remain clinical. It may've taken them 12 games to arrive, but at least they did. Almost as if giving us a throwback, a reminder of the times that their 2020 compaign just didn't have, they've bossed RCB around here. This is the pitch they purchased their team for, slow, sluggish, dusty. And it's their bowlers who set it up. Finch couldn't get going once again, Kohli and AB took their time, kept knocking it around, but the final florish never came. 146 wasn't going to challenge. And Faf made sure it didn't, going against his usual character of trying to anchor it out. Gaikwad turned up finally, justifying his over-par List A credentials, and looked confident for a change. He made sure the tempo set in the powerplay never fell, and Bangalore hardly made sure he didn't. Stick around, we'll get you the presentations ..

RCB playing in Green Jersey:
Matches 10
Wins 2 (2011, 2016)
Losses 7
No result 1 (2015)

18.4

Chris Morris to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX .. so easy. Morris and yet another full-paced bouncer that's not short enough. Gaikwad and another walk across to get inside the line. And then a pick-dispatch-pull, over fine leg

18.3

Chris Morris to Ruturaj Gaikwad, no run, low full toss, bunted out to short cover

18.2

Chris Morris to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR, goes over mid-wicket .. Morris dishes out length for Gaikwad to get under and loft across the line with a neat punch, holding his shape, over mid-wicket

In case it matters: Saini seems to have hurt his webbing while fielding the ball off the last delivery he bowled. He's walked off.

18.1

Chris Morris to Ruturaj Gaikwad, no run, 135.7kph, back of a length, seaming in. Gaikwad inside-edges it onto himself

Chris Morris [3.0-0-26-1] is back into the attack

17.6

Navdeep Saini to Dhoni, no run, 144.1kph, nails the blockhole. This is top bowling, never mind match losing. Dug out

17.5

Navdeep Saini to Dhoni, no run, 149.3kph full toss. Dhoni punches, finds mid-off

17.4

Navdeep Saini to Dhoni, no run, 144kph, hard heavy ball -- quite what Bangalore should've resorted to much earlier, which angles into Dhoni, so much so that he can only block. Just respect

17.3

Navdeep Saini to Dhoni, no run, 128.5kph, cuts it straight to point, who misfields, but no, Dhoni isn't running

17.2

Navdeep Saini to Dhoni, no run, 142.8kph, length, on off, mistimed cut as he drags it to mid-off

PRG: CSK may or may not make it to the playoffs but they sure have put a dent in RCB's hopes of finishing in the top two. Tough for RCB now!

17.1

Navdeep Saini to Dhoni, FOUR, slices over. Yea, he's unleashed his inner beast. In the slot, at full pace and gets pumped over mid-off who's inside

Youngest at the time of maiden IPL 50+ score (CSK):
21y 148d S Raina in 2008
22y 142d S Curran in 2020
23y 076d P Patel in 2008
23y 268d R Gaikwad in 2020*

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